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  • And this is why victims do not get be the arbiters of justice, nor should they.

    This is why we have judges and juries. But enforcing a death penalty generally causes more trauma than it serves justice.

    This is why over 70% of the world’s countries have abolished or de facto abolished capital punishment. It doesn’t work, it doesn’t serve justice, and it only continues the cycle of violence.

    Just to give you an idea of how backwards the United States is on this issue:

    Since 1990, at least 11 countries have executed offenders who were minors (under the age of 18 or 21) at the time the crime was committed, which is a breach of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by all countries but the United States. These are: China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, the United States, and Yemen.[11][12][13] In the United States, this ended in 2005 with the Supreme Court case Roper v. Simmons, in Nigeria in 2015 by a law,[14] and in Saudi Arabia in 2020 by royal decree.

    Edit: I can’t claim to understand how you feel about your experience and what happened to you, which is why I didn’t address it. I hope that you and your loved ones have access to therapy and the ability to live your lives in peace.

    This is why victims are not on the juries of their perpetrators. If we allow feelings and emotions to get in the way of a fair unbiased justice system, it’s not the way we should do things.











  • Biden’s team somehow thinks that enacting republican policies are going to win him more democrat voters?

    Either that or Biden has been a republican this whole time and is enacting policy he openly supports.

    Leaning towards the second option, but man. Biden is going to lose the fuck out of this election.

    I don’t think there’s much he could do at this point to win my vote. He’s already doubled down on every issue I care about.

    And I’m definitely not alone. Fuck neoliberals.

    And fyi. I don’t fucking care if the other guy is worse. Please stop saying that shit over and over again.